vt. 匯編;編輯;編制;編譯;
?? com(together)+pile(heap 堆)→編輯;聚積(財富等)
"It takes years of hard work to compile a good dictionary."
編輯一部好詞典需要數年的艱苦工作.
近義:summarize, collect, gather
反義:scatter, spread, diffuse, dispel, disseminate, dissipate
adj. 一半的,半個的;
n. 半;一半;(啤酒等飲料的)半品脫;(比賽、音樂會等的)半場;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半財產投資于一個新企業.
近義:mid, midway, partially, semi
反義:absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively